• 1461st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 55 words
  • Component in 49 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīn (Xin1)surname Xin
2. xīn (xin1)(of taste) hot or pungent • hard • laborious • suffering • eighth of the ten heavenly stems 十天干 • eighth in order • octa

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'xīn' (xin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

辛苦 

Uncommon

千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
艰辛 (艱辛)
辛亥 
辛勤 
辛辛苦苦 
辛辣 
辛酸 

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  • 1898th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chǒu (Chou3)surname Chou
2. chǒu (chou3)clown • 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
3. chǒu (chou3)shameful • ugly • disgraceful

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

小丑 
丑闻 (醜聞)
丑陋 (醜陋)

Uncommon

出丑 (出醜)
变丑 (變醜)
辛丑 
丑恶 (醜惡)
丑态 (醜態)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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